Ben Bishop offers expert quip when asked about incident in warmup

Moments before the biggest game of his career, Ben Bishop folded to the ice, suffering from that excruciating, distinct, non-comparable pain.

Minutes later, he recorded the first save of the Eastern Conference Final's Game 5. Then he stopped the next 25 fired into his mass - mercifully avoiding that previous target.

But despite his marvelous bounce-back effort, recording his second shutout of these playoffs and bringing the Tampa Bay Lightning to within a game of the Stanley Cup Final, Bishop was well-aware and well-prepared for what was coming next.

Were you, by chance, hit in a delicate region, Ben?

"You hit the nail on the head there," Bishop answered to Hockey Night in Canada's Scott Oake.

A 26-save shutout and expert pun planned and delivered to perfection.

First star, Ben.